Fertilizer-distributer.



L.B.BARTH. 4 FERTILIZER DISTBIBUTEIL Arrmon'lon Hum M116. 1911.

1,012,795. y Patented Deo. 26, 1911.

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A D MAR.16,1911. K 1,01`2'795. Patented Dec. 26, 1 911 SSSSSSSSSS EET 2.

LUTHER B. BARTH,

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F TIFFIN, OHIO.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

ppication filed March 16,

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it. iinovvn that I, LUTHER B. BARTH, a citizen ot the United States of America, residing at Ti'iin, in the county of Seneca and l oi Ghia, have invented certain new .and uset'rl improvements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the foiloiving is a specilination.

This invention relates to fertilizer disto tribaters f hs general character of that l shown in' my copending application, Serial n l? T19 tiled ilovemher 24th, 1909.

o the invention is to provide i nature comprising a beater .Within a hood located at eeled body portion, the ma- :trom said beater into said delivered 'to a pair of' oppositely 'ieonaily disposed distributor Lich distributor members, naterial is thrown in a Wide swat-h.

- nt invention resides particularly bark Walt of the hood hingedly mounted. rlhis back Wall inwardly toward the center ot the Wall, the swinging movement of said Wall. in turn det point at which the material distributors as hereinafter set iorth. 'i

if urther obj/ets and advantages of the invention virili be set forth in the detailed de'- ivhich new follows. ze accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation or 'the rear end of a fertilizer diste-ibut; constructed in accordance with '1ti`on, Fig. 2 is a rear elevation 3 is a detail perspective view iood illustrating the means for actuf de rear wall oi said hood, 'and Fig'. 4 i .erspeotive view of the inner face vail, illustrating the detlectors. i. s corresponding the ligures oft the drawing. o the drawing', the numeral 5 portion mounted upon s mounted upon a beater shaft pted to be actuated by a sprocket t toothed annulus in the usual xoc tet Wheel li, sprocket chain Wheel 13 impart movement I shaft 8 a sha i4. and this by a sprocket- Wheel et chain 16 and sprocket Wheel 17 ft it@ from which the distributors are Speeieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Der. 26, i911.

1911. Serial No. 614,880.

driven. tation is imparted to horizontally disposed distributors 20 preferably having radially disposed curved ribs 21 upon their upper faces. The .heater 7 throws the material from the body 5 rearwardly into the hood 22 which is secured at 23 to the body 5 and which partially covers the beater 7. The rear Wall 2t oit this hood is hingedly connected at 25 to the remainder of said hood and is adapted to have a swinging movement imparted thereto when a shaft 2G is rocked. This shaft is mounted in bearings 27 of an angle iron 29. this angle iron being secured to the rear side frame members 29 of the hood. The shatt 2G carries crank arms 30 Athat are connected by links 3l to brackets S2, these brackets in turn beiingr secured to theswinging,` rear rall 24. A crank arm 33 is Iconnected to a rod 34, said rod extending forward adjacent the drivers seat (not. shown) to permit the drivel' to move the rear wall Vas will be readily understood.

The detlectors hereinhefore referred to are shown in Fig. 4. There is a central noseshaped dellector secured to te inner side of the hinged rear wall at the bottom edge thereof. Oppositely .inclined detlectors. 36 are provided which direct the material inwardly toward said nose-shaped detiector. Additional detlector bars 37 aid in guiding the material.

lhile I have shown the shaft 26 mounted upon an angle iron, it is apparent t'hat this shaft may be mounted in other Ways and in fact that other mechanism for actuating the `rear Wall may be employed for many diiierent structures could be devised for this purpose. vi/*hat I desire to protect broadly is the idea of providing a swinging rear wall for a hood ot this character to provide means for determining' the point at which the material is to be delivered upon the distril'iuters.

By providing-the additional detlectors 37, the material is more evenly distributed over the distributors than would be the case if only the deflectors 36 were provided. The exact position and dimensions of the deieetors may be varied at Will.

The object of providing` the swinging rear Wall is to facilitate the successful handling oi." tertilizing. material of various kinds. Dry material flows oil? the distributor members much more readily than does Wet material. Therefore, that either kind of material ,may be Caused to fall upon the ground in By means of bevel gearing;` 19, ro:

the same relative position in the swath, it is necessary that the material be deposited upon the distributer members either well back or well forward, depending upon and corresponding to thecondition of the material, `it being evident that the wetv material in this case'-must fall well-forwardas it does not fall off so readily and. must acquire more momentum before it will .leave the distributers under its centrifugal action.

By virtue of this structure with the distributers rotating at a given speed, a swath of uniform width can be spread regardless of the kind or condition of the fertilizing material handled.' Likewise, a swath of uni- A form thickness can be deposited.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and efficient means are herein provided for accomplishing 'the objects of the invention, but while the elements shown and described are well adapted tof serve' the purposes for which they are in tended, itis .to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construe tion set forth, but includes within its pur. viewsuch changes as maybe made within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a'body member, of-a hood, means vfor discharging material from said body member into said hood, a -swinging rear'wall for said hood, and substanti allyl horizontal, rotative. distributers disposed beneath said hood and upon which said material falls. i n

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with abody member, ofa hood, means for discharging material from said body member into said hood, a swings ing rear wall for said hood, deiiectors car` ried by said rear wall, and substantially horizontal, rotative d istributers disposed beneath saidhood and upon which said material falls..

'3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a wheeledv body por--- tion, of .a hood mounted upon the rear end thereof, a beater which discharges material from' the body portion into said hood, meansfor driving said beater from the ground I wheels, a pair of 'oppositely rotating horif zontally disposed distributer members, and a swinging rear wall carried by said hood,

ythe movement of which determines the point at which the` fertilizing material falls upon saidhood.

4. In a device of the character described.,

the combination with a wheeled body por" tion, ofa hood mounted upon the rear end thereof, a beater which from the body portion into said hood, means 'for driving said beater from theground' wheels, apair of oppositely rotating horizontally disposed distributer members, a swinging rear Wall carried byV said hood,

discharges material the movement of which determines the point at which the fertilizing material falls upon said hood, and deiectors carried by said rear wall.

5. In a device o f the character described,

the c ombinationwith a wheeled bodyJ portion thereof, a beater which discharges material fromthe body portion into said hood, means for driving said beater from the ground wheels, a pair of oppositely rotating horizontally disposed distributer` members, a

swinging rear wall carried by said hood, the.

of a hood .mounted upon the rear endV i movement of which determines the point at which the fertilizing material falls upon said hood, and deiectors carried by said iear `wall, saidi'deectors directing the material inwardly.

6. In a device ofthe character descrlbed, the combination with a body portion, ground wheels upon which said body portion 1s mounted, a hood fixed to the rear. end of the body portion, a beater for discharging the material from said body portion into said hood, means for driving said beater from the'ground wheels, a pair of horizontallyV disposed oppositely rotated distributerA members located beneath said hood, a

rear `wall hingedl along its upper edge to said hood, deiectors carried by said rear wall,

a rock shaft, .and connections between said rock shaft and said rear wall the position of -said rear wall,

In testimony whereof I" afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

LUTHER B. BARTH.

Witnesses;` f i' CALVIN D. SPITLER, CARnAlBBo'rn for varying 

